How Black People From Mississippi Stood Up For Love

two feet on solid ground
Leslie Grover-Taylor
February 16, 2025

Our ancestors in the 1920s and 1930s Mississippi Delta had a special understanding of what it meant to “watch your step.” There, we had the power to stop those who could harm us in their tracks.

Foot track magic is a hoodoo practice that uses the places we walk to cast spells. Many think foot track magic is all about curses. In reality, this type of spell casting is about protecting our communities, families, and other loved ones from evil.

This spellcasting works by sprinkling powder or placing a small object in a person's tracks, shoes, socks, or pathway and setting an intention for something to happen.

While that intention can be negative, it can also be beneficial, such as health, love, wealth, wisdom, or safety.

Take a moment to sit with bare feet. They are made from the love, joys, and struggles of those before you. Breathe in: my steps are powerful. Breathe out: I walk in the power of my loving ancestors.

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